Gravity Knife

[Craig H]

Any of you guys ever seen one like this ? Obviously not WWII era . I cant imagine its a repo because it doesnt look anything like a WWII knife . Pretty well made . Youre opinions welcome .

[Craig H]

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[nickn]

Pre war commercial with fake rzm stamp

[juoneen]

I had a friend that had one just like this, but did not have the rzm stamp...we unlike you , at the time felt the knife was POSTwar. I'm betting on post war and fake rzm stamped.

Here is an excerpt about a camera's markings, but still relates I believe:The letters DBP DBGM are the following:

DBP means Deutsches Bundespatent simultaneously the letters DBGM means Deutsches Bundes Gebrauchmuster. This is to signify that the camera is a Post World War II model.

The Gebrauchsmuster is slightly different from the patent. It mainly differs from the patent in that processes and methods cannot be protected by a Gebrauchsmuster, only products can. Furthermore, the term of a Gebrauchsmuster, that is its maximal life time, is 10 years from the date of registration. In contrast, a patent has usually a term of 20 years from the date of filing of the application.

Rolleiflexes and Rolleicords during Pre-War years would have DRP and DRGM. These letters stand for Deutsche Reichs Patent and Deutsche Reichs Gebrauchmuster.

[Ed Sunday]

It is a postwar piece. Once back in the early 70's I purchased 10 or 12 of these at a flea market from a vendor who sold store closeouts. They were real well made . They sold fast back then.